Disclosed

Emilcin encounter (Jan Wolski)

Date
10 May 1978
Place
Emilcin, near Opole Lubelskie, Lublin region, Poland
Record
Curated case
Assessment
Contested
Evidence strength
467 case pages by decade; this one falls in 1970s with 41 othersAll cases

What was reported

Jan Wolski, a 71-year-old farmer, said that early on 10 May 1978, while driving his horse-drawn cart, two short green-faced beings climbed aboard, took him to a white object hovering over a clearing 'as long as a bus', and examined him inside. Accounts say the grass at the spot was trodden down, and a six-year-old village boy said he saw a bus-like craft over a barn. Wolski gave a recorded interview two months later; the case is known from his testimony and local investigators, and a monument now marks the site. No independent physical or instrumental evidence exists.

What officials concluded

No conclusion stated

No official explanation has been given.

Strongest ordinary reading

none established

Evidence profile

Sensors1 of 9
  • Yes: Visual
  • No: Infrared
  • No: Radar
  • No: Video
  • No: Photo
  • No: Film
  • No: Audio
  • No: Night vision
  • No: Other sensor
Witnesses2 counted
  • Yes: Civilian
  • No: Military aircrew
  • No: Military ground
  • No: Airline crew
  • No: Sensor operator
  • No: Law enforcement
  • No: Scientist
  • No: Astronaut
  • No: Intelligence official
  • No: Other
ShapeOther shape
  • No: Light only
  • No: Orb or sphere
  • No: Disc
  • No: Triangle
  • No: Cylinder
  • No: Cube
  • Yes: Other shape
Effects1 reported
  • No: Physiological
  • Yes: Physical trace
  • No: Electromagnetic
  • No: Sound
  • No: Silent

Outside sources

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51.17° N, 22.07° E, plotted at the centre of the region named in the record

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